The Fall of Liz Truss (TRIH ep 246)
2022 · Resource
This short, timely episode responds to the resignation of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook first compare Truss’s brief premiership with historical short-lived leaders (George Canning, medieval royal favourites, Roman emperors like Gordian I/II and the Crisis of the Third Century) and political churn in other countries (Australia, Italy). They discuss causes: internal party rules that empower activists, factionalism, personality politics, Brexit without coherent s...
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